Mont Blanc British Racing Green

[krz]

My wife may be wondering if this is is a pen buying trip or a run to the sun.

 

Bill

Thanks for the info Bill. Good luck on your run to the sun!

[Bill]

KRZ,

 

Caveat emptor! When I later pulled the Mont Blanc ink out of the package I discovered that I had Emerald Green, not the BRG that I asked for. I called the store this morning and the gentleman, who was nice about it, said he didn't know that there was another MB green. I'm glad I didn't ask for Seasons Greetings! At least I got another cool MB bottle ;-)

 

Bill

[krz]

KRZ,

 

Caveat emptor! When I later pulled the Mont Blanc ink out of the package I discovered that I had Emerald Green, not the BRG that I asked for.

Drat! Foiled again! I do love the MB shoe bottles!

[Bill]

Okay, I finally found some "Racing Green" (at Paradise Pen) and have given it a day of testing. Definitely dark, basically a green-black on the thinner Moleskine & clone pages (no feathering nor bleed through), and a nice dark olive on the Ampad pads and Crane ivory stationery I tried.

 

Thanks for a great review.

 

And, no, it is not MG green.

 

Bill

[krz]

Okay, I finally found some "Racing Green" (at Paradise Pen) and have given it a day of testing.

Bill, I imagine it handles pretty good!

[Bill]

Okay, I finally found some "Racing Green" (at Paradise Pen) and have given it a day of testing.

Bill, I imagine it handles pretty good!

Aaargh! Couldn't resist, could you.

 

The review should have said it has good traction on the paper, handles the corners well, and starts and stops quickly.

 

Bill

Edited March 11, 2006 by Bill

[blueiris]

I'm reviving this great review thread to ask a question: does this ink yield good shading? I don't see much shading in Jeen's sample, but I do see some in Bryan's sample--I am wondering if what I'm seeing is my own wishful thinking. I already have an opaque/saturated dark green ink, and at times, it looks like it was written with a felt-tip pen. If Racing Green comes out uniformly and is a saturated ink, I will pass on it.

 

As a point of comparison, the only inks that I currently own (or have samples of) that show any shading are both by Montblanc: Blue and Sepia. So I wonder whether this Racing Green shares this shading characteristic. Anyone?

[eric.zamir]

Flows great, never feathers, dries fast, and easy to read. Great ink.

Regarding shading, I'll put some in one of my vintage flex pens and see. Wish I could find a nib like that for the Delta!

[p-zero]

Nice writing & nice color! It reminds me of the old (discontinued) Pelikan Moss Green.

[Betty]

Funny this topic came to the top because I decided to try my Racing Green cartridge just over this weekend. I put it in a fine nib pen and it looks exactly like Noodler's Zhivago

[helius]

Has this been discontinued, or are they still available at MB boutiques?

[blueiris]

Eric: thanks so much for the image of your Racing Green! It really helps.

 

Betty: I don't have Zhivago, but my friend sometimes uses it in a dry-writing dip pen. Now that you mention it, Eric's image of Racing Green reminds me very much of the dipped-Zhivago.

 

Helius: I saw it about 2 weeks ago at my local Paradise Pen store, and they had at least several bottles of Racing Green. I don't have a MB boutique near me, and I haven't really looked for this ink anywhere else, so I don't really know.

[lefty928]

I picked up a bottle of MontBlanc Racing Green over the weekend at Paradise Pens (nice people at the Arlington, Va., store). Beautiful sample, Eric, and great shading -- thanks. I'm excited to try it once a pen is ready for a refill. (As yet, I've only tried Zhivago with a fine point glass dip pen and it appears black, which thanks to FPN I knew would be the case in advance. Again, once a pen, one with a broader point, frees up...).

[rroossinck]

I picked up a bottle at a retailer here in Des Moines yesterday. Love it!

[M4R1N4]

I have been drooling over this ink since it came out, but I have to ask: Is it very similar to Diamine Umber? Anyone have both of them to give me a comparison?

 

Thanks in advance!!

[eric.zamir]

I have been drooling over this ink since it came out, but I have to ask: Is it very similar to Diamine Umber? Anyone have both of them to give me a comparison?

 

Thanks in advance!!

I've also been considering Umber. It would be great if someone could post a writing sample with Zhivago, Sequoia, Avacado, Umber, MB, Jansen Tannengrün, etc. All the mossy greens.

I only have Avacado and MB, and wanted something inbetween - a little greener than MB, but not as bright as Avacado, free flowing and saturated.

[sonia_simone]

Send me a vial of MBRG, of Avacado and the Jansen and I will do this for you. (I'll even snail you the result so you don't have to go by a scan!) I could throw in Stipula Moss Green, but it's very brown.

[Armchop]

:meow:

 

My penny worth - I agree with Marina. <_<

The MB ink is not British Racing Green. The photo of the MG is much more a BRG than in the photo of the Aston Martin. The MB ink is more like just Black-Green IMHO.

 

Hey Neil B - don't know if you saw it but the Private Reserve Sherwood is superb.

 

Armchop.

[eric.zamir]

Send me a vial of MBRG, of Avacado and the Jansen and I will do this for you. (I'll even snail you the result so you don't have to go by a scan!) I could throw in Stipula Moss Green, but it's very brown.

I looked in my snails and found the umber, Zhivago and Sequoia. Not for me.

I'm going to stick with Montblanc for the moment. I have no more Jansen, but may go back to it in the future.

Right now, I'm looking for a really blue blue - not a cyan (Penman, PR American Blue, Midnight Blues) blue, and not a washed out (Waterman) or purple (Aurora, PR Black Magic) blue. Something like a more saturated version of Omas Roma 2000 Blue.

That's a tough one.

And another thread.

Not to mention purple. Not burgundy, not reddish purple. Deep, saturated, pure purple. Probably go for PR...

[Stephen-I-am]

Eric, have you tried Visconti blue? Lovely, I think.

 

Stephen